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You Could Get a $24,000 College Scholarship — Without Even Applying to Any Schools (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-05 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: admissions, admit, college

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Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: texas utility commissions, public utility commission of texas, electric reliability council of texas

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Apple caps bug bounty program due to deluge of AI submissions (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: apple, bug bounty, ai submissions

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Food packaging is entering a new era of scrutiny (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: food packaging, sustainability, carbon emissions

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Show HN: Gander, an Android file viewer that asks for no permissions at all (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: gander, android, open source

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French climate lawsuit over corporate emissions signals the next global legal fight (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: french court, european oil company, climate lawsuit

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Your AI Agents Are Guessing at Scale: Permissions Decide the Damage (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ai agents, enterprise security, large language models

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All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-28 | by Marchant | tags: biophotons, cells, emissions

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A California city wants to ban new drive-thrus. Here’s why (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: california, napa, drive-thrus

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Best Buy is selling the LG C5 OLED for nearly 50% off - and I recommend it (zdnet.com)

2026-07-23 | by Taylor Clemons | tags: lg c5 oled, best buy, zdnet

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How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-23 | by Hannah Ritchie | tags: data centers, artificial intelligence, electricity

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Nobody knows how bad corporate AI emissions really are. This startup has a way to estimate them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: corporate ai, ai emissions, ai data centers

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Show HN: HN Hall of Fame – browse 3,100 legendary Hacker News links (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | by An Unofficial | tags: hacker news, hn hall of fame, submissions

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Preorder the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 or Z Flip 8 at Verizon with no fees - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-07-22 | by Kayla Solino | tags: samsung galaxy z fold 8, samsung galaxy z flip 8, verizon

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I went hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8, but it's not the upgrade I expected (zdnet.com)

2026-07-22 | by Prakhar Khanna | tags: samsung galaxy z flip 8, zdnet, vendor reviews

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T-Mobile will give you the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip for under $100 - here's how to preorder (zdnet.com)

2026-07-22 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | tags: t-mobile, samsung galaxy z flip, zdnet

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Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Cities—Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ritsuko Kawai | tags: fifa world cup, university of cambridge, greenhouse gas emissions

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How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away with It (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: climate commitments, environmental policy, government regulation

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EU defangs a key pillar of its climate policy to allow more pollution (engadget.com)

2026-07-17 | by Steve Dent | tags: eu emissions trading system, linear reduction factor, carbon border tax

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Google is working on a fix for those annoying Pixel Watch permissions errors (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: pixel watch, google, sensor permissions

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6 cheap kitchen gadgets that will make your life easier for under $20 (I promise) (zdnet.com)

2026-07-16 | by Alison Denisco Rayome | tags: zdnet, kitchen gadgets, under $20

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Google Health permissions glitch is driving some Pixel Watch users nuts (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: google, health, message

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AI-driven Datacenter Builds Increased Microsoft's Emissions 25% In One Year (slashdot.org)

2026-07-12 | by Posted | tags: carbon, emissions, energy

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Datacentres drive up big tech's carbon emissions to a third of those of France (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-12 | by Aisha Down | tags: amazon, carbon, datacentre

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Microsoft struggles to fulfill its 2030 sustainability promise amid carbon-heavy AI expansions — the company's chief sustainability officer claims the target is still feasible (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-11 | by Etiido Uko | tags: carbon, data centers, electricity

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Microsoft Reports a Massive 25 Percent Jump in Emissions (wired.com)

2026-07-10 | by Molly Taft | tags: emissions, microsoft, power

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Microsoft's AI drive saw its carbon emissions grow by 25 percent in 2025 (engadget.com)

2026-07-10 | by Mariella Moon | tags: carbon, emissions, microsoft

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Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year (theverge.com)

2026-07-09 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: carbon, emissions, microsoft

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US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: attack, drones, iran

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You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming (futurism.com)

2026-07-09 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: emissions, energy, fossil